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04 Tuesday Jun 2013
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Diary Day 11
04 Tuesday Jun 2013
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got up around 7… sunny and warm outside… beautiful day to spend time in the Butchart Gardens… had a good sleep…
got in the car,picked up McDonalds and were on our way to the Gardens…
we walked around them for six wonderful hours, taking pictures and admiring the scenery… we had ice cream, lunch and Gelati while we were there….
had a nap when we got back to the hotel and then rented a movie and ate snacks…
went to The Keg for dinner and made it back to the hotel rather late as the service was very slow…
having a small glass of Baileys as I finish up today’s post…
Flowers along the sidewalk…
03 Monday Jun 2013
Diary Day 10
03 Monday Jun 2013
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woke at 6 but went back to sleep until 9, when I was allowed to wake the kids…
I showered and Cyndi ran out to Top Pot Hand Forged Doughnuts for our breakfast… my feather boa was very nice and they enjoyed theirs which included an apple fritter (George’s favourite)… packed up our suitcases and went for a walk… found Old Navy and got a few maxi dresses… tea at Starbucks before getting our luggage and a taxi to the ferry terminal…
sat in the sun and then boarded the Clipper… had a lovely ride to Victoria chatting with our neighbours, one of whom runs a window cleaning business in Courtenay and the kids arranged to have her company come and clean the siding on their house…
our hotel is lovely with two rooms and a little kitchenette… Ron went and picked up the car and we figured out where to go for dinner…
went to a lovely restaurant – Pescatore’s – down the street and had a delicious dinner… walked back and checked out the beautifully lit legislature…
heading to bed as we plan an early departure to the Butchart Gardens…
Diary Day 9
02 Sunday Jun 2013
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woke up around 5:30 but went back to sleep as we are sharing a room and I didn’t want to wake up the kids… I slept really well, and barely moved all night…
got out of bed around 7:30 and dressed in shorts for our day and checked email, Facebook and Pinterest… yay for reasonable wifi…
searched for a shoehorn and eventually found one…
had crepes in Pike’s market with goat cheese, spinach and herbs… then we walked around… my goodness it is big… blocks and blocks long and we were only on one level… gorgeous flowers everywhere and it smelled divine… we lost Ron, and Cyndi went searching for him a number of times…
had a piece of chocolate from a chocolate store and then had a lovely time wandering through the Seattle Art Museum…
ate and bought Fran’s Chocolate and had a nap back at the hotel… then on to Seattle Glass Blowing Studio to blow some glass… I wore new jammie pants with crabs on them because you were supposed to wear cotton and I didn’t have anything so bought them yesterday… made a purple float for the pond and Cyndi made a gorgeous bowl with flecks of orange in it… saw some beautiful glass in the shop…
after changing (or I wasn’t allowed to go!) we headed to Lola for dinner… then we picked up Brie and crackers and had a snack with wine in our room…
sorted out all our purchases and headed to bed… tomorrow is our last day in the USA…
Blowing glass…
02 Sunday Jun 2013
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Diary Day 8
01 Saturday Jun 2013
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arrived in Seattle and waited in a long line for a cab to our hotel… miserable driver who told us not to ask questions…
dropped our luggage and walked to Chihuly Garden and Glass where we spent hours walking around and taking pictures… AND we got to meet Dale Chihuly, talk with him and get a photo with him… I am ecstatic because I have loved his work for years… seeing it in person was beyond amazing… we had lunch in the Collections Cafe which housed a number of his personal collections… we saw accordions, dog bookends, Christmas ball ornaments, tin soldiers and vintage cameras and radios to name just a few… the food was excellent and the time flew by…
then we came back to the Warwick for a nap and walked to The Great Wheel… it is a 200 foot tall Ferris wheel and we all went up in it… I was rather scared but wore those darn big girl pants… followed by a ride on a purple horse on the carousel… shopping, a ride in a wagon behind a bike driver and then dinner out…
heading to bed where I may dream about beautiful glass…
last night to watch the ocean
30 Thursday May 2013
Diary Day 7
30 Thursday May 2013
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got up around 8:30 and went to the solarium to watch the water and have a bite to eat… Cyndi found me and proceeded to spot a group of dolphins off the side of he ship and a whale… she has very good eyes…
we went and put a deposit on another cruise, which you can do without choosing a time or destination… we are thinking of the Caribbean down the road… I have to find a buddy to go with me…
headed back to the room to sleep as I woke up feeling like I had run into a wall… think it was the exertion of preparing and participating in the snorkelling… to explain how bad it was, I took drugs in an attempt to feel better…
slept for quite a while and then we went for lunch where Ron spotted one or two whales out the window… they were breaching but my camera was having trouble focusing so I didn’t get a picture…
went to look at all the pictures taken of us and spent ages choosing the ten we liked best…
had a lovely time in the hot tub and relaxing in the solarium…
packed up the suitcases and after supper in the Windjammer went to sit by the windows and have a last glass of wine…
I nearly know how to get everywhere and we get off the ship tomorrow morning, sigh…
From the gangplank…
30 Thursday May 2013
